Douglas Coupland

Paper Summary:

The paper relates that Douglas Coupland's work usually features short essays and photographs of his home town of Vancouver, British Columbia, depicting his affection for his country. The paper focuses on Coupland's piece "Group of Seven," where he shows his admiration for the Group of Seven, artists who loved Canada and loved exploring and painting it. The paper then describes the group of seven pioneering artists who banded together in Toronto over fifty years ago and were determined to change Canadian art.

From the Paper:

"Douglas Coupland, the renowned writer and artist, was born in a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Sollingen, Germany, on December 30, 1961 (Chung, par.1). In 1965, his family moved to Vancouver, Canada where he still resides (Chung, par.1). He graduated from Sentinel Secondary School located in West Vancouver in 1979 (Chung, par.2). After graduating, Coupland attended the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver in 1984 (Chung, par.2). He then traveled to Milan, Italy and Sapporo in Japan (Chung, par.2). In Japan, he completed a two-year course in Japanese business science in 1986 (Chung, par.2). After he came back home to Canada he enjoyed early, but somehow limited, success as a young sculptor (Chung, par.2). He managed to get a small solo-show at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Chung, par.2)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bloomsbury Author Information. 2007. Bloomsbury. 13 Oct. 2007 <http://www.bloomsbury.com/douglascoupland/>.
• Chung, S."Biography of Douglas Coupland." The Coupland File. 8 Oct. 2001. 14 Oct. 2007 <http://www.geocities.com/soHo/Gallery/5560/coupbiog.html>.
• Harris, Lawren. The Story of the Group of Seven. Toronto: Rous & Mann, 1964.
• McMichael Conservation Collection of Art. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson: Canada's Most Famous Band of Artists. Ontario: McMichael Canadian Collection, [c. 1970].
• Murray, Joan. "Seeing the Light: The Group of Seven and Canadian Art" The Best of the Group of Seven. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1984.

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